Audition Requirements for 2019

Applicants must submit YouTube video auditions of the required repertoire including accompaniment as listed below. Each movement or excerpt MUST be recorded in a separate video file.

Violin

accompaniment optional 

• First movement of a standard classical, romantic or contemporary concerto
• One virtuoso piece
• First movement of a Bach sonata or a fugue

Viola

accompaniment optional 

• First movement of a Bloch suite, Bartók, Walton, Hindemith, Hoffmeister OR Stamitz concerto OR a movement of a Schubert, Brahms or Hindemith sonata
• A movement of a Bach cello suite

Cello

• One prelude and one contrasting movement from any Bach Suite Nos 1-6
• One movement of a classical, romantic or contemporary concerto 

Double Bass

• A solo of any sort for up to 5 minutes
• Four (4) contrasting excerpts of standard repertoire: no repeats

Flute

• Mozart G+ or D+ Flute Concerto, First Movement
• One movement of a contrasting piece
• Three (3) orchestral excerpts:
  • Bach: “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben” from St. Matthew Passion, bars 1-18
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Movement 4, bars 171-200
  • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo, from 12 bars before P to the end

Oboe

• Mozart Concerto, C+ 1st movement, no cadenza
• Two contrasting movements from any standard Oboe sonata
• Three (3) orchestral excerpts:
  • Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin, I (Prelude):
    • Beginning to rehearsal 2;
    • Five (5) bars after rehearsal 8 to rehearsal 9 (1st oboe line only)
  • Rossini, Overture to La Scala di Seta, opening solo and Allegro solo
  • Brahms Violin concerto, 2nd movement solo

Clarinet

• Mozart Concerto, 1st movement, exposition
• Debussy Premiere Rhapsody, #9 to end
• Three (3) orchestral excerpts:
  • Beethoven Symphony #6, 1st movement, measures 477-492
  • Stravinsky Firebird Suite 1919, Variation de l’Oiseau de feu
  • Kodály Dances of Galanta, measures 31-65

Bassoon

• Mozart Concerto K191 1st movement
• Milde Concert Etudes from Book 1 or 2 - one slow, one fast
• Three (3) orchestral excerpts:
  • Marriage of Figaro, Overture
  • Tchaikovsky 4th symphony, 2nd movement
  • Shostakovich 9th Symphony, 4th and 5th movements

Horn

• First movement of any Mozart horn concerto
• One short contemporary work or movement , solo or accompanied
• Three (3) orchestral excerpts:
  • Beethoven’s Symphony #6, third movement solo
  • Brahms’ Symphony #3, third movement solo
  • Ravel’s Pavane, opening solo

Piano

• One movement from a classical sonata;
• One étude from the romantic period e.g. Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff OR a large scale work from the romantic period.

Voice S/A/T/B

• Two contrasting selections from standard classical repertory of lieder, art songs or oratorio
• One operatic aria
• Include at least two languages:
  • One work must be sung in English or French.
  • Other selections may be sung in English, French, Italian or German